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News Article | May 19, 2017
Step 4 Agreement Reached on MVO and TTO Qualification Standards
Clarifies qualifications for Motor Vehicle Operators, Tractor Trailer Operators, and establishes training opportunities for MVOs in tractor-trailer operations A settlement was reached between the APWU and the USPS clarifying the changes that the Postal Service made to the Motor Vehicle Operator (MVO...
News Article | May 16, 2017
IT/AS Contract Negotiations Update
By Steve BrooksDirector, Support Services Division I would like to start off by thanking members for their patience and dedication over the past months. I know everyone is anxious to get a new collective bargaining agreement. The process has had its ups and downs but we continue to make progre...
News Article | May 1, 2017
‘In Order to Form a More Perfect Union’
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By President Mark Dimondstein The preamble to the U.S. Constitution includes the well-known and eloquent words, “in order to form a more perfect union.” The “union” here refers to the young country, bor...
News Article | May 1, 2017
‘Unprecedented’ Contracts
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks Negotiations with Pacific Architects and Engineering, Inc. (PAE) for our Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) were successfully completed with the mem...
News Article | May 1, 2017
Benefits of Being Union
(This article first appeared in the May-June 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Organization Director Anna Smith Sometimes, we forget why we are union members. We may fall into a trap of feeling as if we solely pay dues.
News Article | May 1, 2017
Higher Union Membership Boosts Wages for All
APWU Grassroots Political & Legislative Coordinator Janice Kelble (second from right) with community activists (L-R) Jeff Kramer, Kathy Staub, Keith Yergeau, Elizabeth Ropp, Emily Eastman and Eric Zulaski after “right to work” law was defeated in NH. (This article first appeared in the May-June 20...
News Article | March 9, 2017
MTESC Workers Unanimously Ratify First Contract
New APWU members at the Mail Transport Equipment Service Center (MTESC) in Urbandale, IA, unanimously ratified an initial two-year contract... The contract will increase job security through the implementation of a grievance process, a guaranteed number of full-time employees and a “no-lay-off” clau...
News Article | March 1, 2017
Negotiations, Negotiations
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Support Services Director Steve Brooks We are hitting the new year running. We ended 2016 in the middle of contract negotiations for our Information Technology/Accounting Services unit, and are wor...
News Article | March 1, 2017
Starting 2017 with a Bang!
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) By Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman I was never a more proud member of the American Postal Workers Union (APWU) than when news broke that together we secured victory in the long and hard...
News Article | February 28, 2017
The Great 1970 Mail Strike that Stunned the Country
(This article first appeared in the March-April 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) In March of 1970, the United States had been in a financial and commerce standstill for two weeks. Tired of poor working conditions and low pay, postal employees went on strike at 499 post offices in...
News Article | January 17, 2017
Contract Negotiation Updates
Updates on the current collective bargaining agreement negotiations for the IT/Account Services Group, PAE's Mail Transport Equipment Service Center and Salmon Companies.
News Article | January 1, 2017
Labor Unites at Rally for Social & Economic Justice and Equality
Hundreds of union members and allies rallied outside of the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 17. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) Hundreds of labor union members gathered outside of the U.S. Capitol building on Nov. 17 for the Rally for S...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Let’s Work Together to Strengthen Our Union!
New Industrial Relations Director Vance Zimmerman with NBA Pete Coradi, Queens Area Local President Ron Suslak, local leaders and activists. (This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) I want to wish you a happy and safe new year and tha...
News Article | January 1, 2017
Moving Forward
(This article first appeared in the January-February 2017 issue of The American Postal Worker magazine.) We all begin a new year with hopes for improvements on the past year. Even if the past year was a really great one, for instance, one in which the Cubs won the World Series. It is human nature to...
News Article | December 27, 2016
APWU, USPS Sign Agreement For Offices Without a Local Union Structure
The APWU signed an updated agreement December 22, 2016, for Members-at-Large who work in small post offices that are not represented by a local union...“The memorandum is important,” said President Mark Dimondstein. “It continues to provide the protection of a local contract to thousands of union me...